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Author(s): Stephen Bailey
ISBN(s): 0415384206
Edition: 2
File Details: PDF, 2.54 MB
Year: 2006
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 0415384206

ISBN 13: 978-0415384209

Author: Stephen Bailey

Ideal for overseas students studying at English-medium colleges and universities, this practical writing course enables international students to meet the required standard of writing and use an appropriate style for essays, exams and dissertations. Newly revised and updated to include extra exercises and material suggested by teachers and students, Academic Writing explains and demonstrates all the key writing skills and is ideal for use in the classroom or for independent study. Useful at every stage of an academic career and beyond, this indispensable book features:

  • different styles and formats from CVs and letters to formal essays
  • a focus on accuracy
  • coverage of all stages of writing, from understanding titles to checking your work
  • essential academic writing skills such as proper referencing, summarising and paraphrasing
  • diagrams and practice exercises, complete with answers.

Table of contents:

Part 1: THE WRITING PROCESS
Chapter 1: Background to Writing
Chapter 2: Avoiding Plagiarism
Chapter 3: From Titles to Outlines
Chapter 4: Evaluating Texts
Chapter 5: Understanding Purpose and Register
Chapter 6: Selecting Key Points
Chapter 7: Note-making
Chapter 8: Paraphrasing
Chapter 9: Summary Writing
Chapter 10: Combining Sources
Chapter 11: Planning Essays
Chapter 12: Organising Paragraphs
Chapter 13: Organising the Main Body
Chapter 14: Introductions
Chapter 15: Conclusions
Chapter 16: Rewriting and Proof-reading

Part 2: ELEMENTS OF WRITING
Chapter 1: Argument
Chapter 2: Cause and Effect
Chapter 3: Cohesion
Chapter 4: Comparison
Chapter 5: Definitions
Chapter 6: Discussion
Chapter 7: Examples
Chapter 8: Generalisations
Chapter 9: Numbers
Chapter 10: Opening Paragraphs
Chapter 11: References and Quotations
Chapter 12: Restatement and Repetition
Chapter 13: Style
Chapter 14: Synonyms
Chapter 15: Variation in Sentence Length
Chapter 16: Visual information

Part 3
Chapter 1: Abbreviations
Chapter 2: Academic Vocabulary
Chapter 3: Adverbs
Chapter 4: Articles
Chapter 5: Caution
Chapter 6: Confusing Pairs
Chapter 7: Conjunctions
Chapter 8: Nationality Language
Chapter 9: Nouns and Adjectives
Chapter 10: Nouns — Countable and Uncountable
Chapter 11: Nouns — Umbrella
Chapter 12: Prefixes and Suffixes
Chapter 13: Prepositions
Chapter 14: Punctuation
Chapter 15: Relative Pronouns
Chapter 16: Singular or Plural?
Chapter 17: Time Words and Phrases
Chapter 18: Verbs — Formality
Chapter 19: Verbs — Modal
Chapter 20: Verbs — Passives
Chapter 21: Verbs and Prepositions
Chapter 22: Verbs of Reference
Chapter 23: Verbs — Tenses

Part 4
Chapter 1: Formal Letters
Chapter 2: CVs
Chapter 3: Reporting and Designing Surveys
Chapter 4: Taking Ideas from Sources
Chapter 5: Comparison Essay
Chapter 6: Discussion Essay

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